What made you smile today? - Page 705

JustLovelyJenn · 04-24-2013, 07:33 PM

Going on a field trip with my ten year old daughter to a wild life refuge... its a shorebird sanctuary... and it was a wonderful experience.

TheMerryFairy · 04-24-2013, 07:37 PM

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Originally Posted by JustLovelyJenn

Going on a field trip with my ten year old daughter to a wild life refuge... its a shorebird sanctuary... and it was a wonderful experience.

Whoohoo!! I am happy you both had a wonderful outing *S

bright_arrow · 04-24-2013, 08:10 PM

I am way too easily amused!

WingsOnFire · 04-24-2013, 08:57 PM

Peppa finally passed out and no longer whining because she finally... 'd ....
Damn dog and her "oh look, a shiny" shortest attention span in the world...

Rockinonahigh · 04-24-2013, 09:26 PM

The phone call I got from a cettain somone,yep the day was a whole lot better...gonna get better too i'll bet.

lilapache · 04-24-2013, 09:27 PM

2 amazing friends that im starting to get to know well... ones crazy as hell the other is an instigator... *laughs* but its the best thing to finally be meeting people around here... since this is about the first time in 3 years since being here...

Hollylane · 04-24-2013, 09:42 PM

Once again, the overwhelming feeling of pride for Gaige. She is an extremely hardworking and dedicated team leader, and hearing that someone else has acknowledged this, in a meaningful way, just makes me

maryam · 04-24-2013, 10:15 PM

Today I put my mom on a plane back home after she vacationed here for 10 days.... Tonight, both Spousal Unit and Mom stated they had a good time.... I am so damn relieved!

candy_coated_bitch · 04-24-2013, 10:32 PM

My love making me a very special and yummy dinner.

FemmeItalian · 04-24-2013, 10:48 PM

Being asked a couple weeks ago to oversee a corrective action to completion at work..the previous recommendations have been rejected many times over the past year. Gathered my team together...put together a plan and put new processes in place...presented it today and it was accepted and closed.

Cailin · 04-24-2013, 11:19 PM

Finding out that no matter how old someone is, their maturity level can be non existant. Karma is truly an amazing thing. So I shall sit back, relax, and watch it unfold

cheers!

Anomaly · 04-25-2013, 03:52 AM

I'll never ask a customer to leave just for bugging me. Short of assault, I mean. I'll stick a finger in someone's face and say "Don't touch me," or I'll be less friendly to someone who is hard to be around, but my own comfort isn't a priority at work.

It's not always wine and roses. I've gotten threats and insults, had shot glasses thrown at me and body parts waved at me, and I generally take it all in stride because... Well, because it's show business.

The only time it really irks me is when I get unsolicited advice... And really only specific advice, like when a fat guy tells me I should lose weight or an unemployed person tells me to get my life together. I guess because I can't say anything back. It's frustrating.

And there was this guy who was driving me nuts. He needs a lot of attention, and he just wants to complain about things. "Oh, the karaoke, I can't stand music, only listen to talk radio myself, and, what the hell, does that guy really have his dog in here? I hate animals, would just as soon kick a dog as look at one. Oh, you're an animal lover? When you grow up, you'll hate animals, too. These idiots, they wanna have a baby on their second date, and you just don't know. You don't know what it IS to have kids. YOU DON'T KNOW! You don't have kids? Then you don't know. You never know. You can't do it alone. If you have kids, you can't fight with that person, and you can't break up. Never have kids on your own. Never have kids. You can't. You can't have kids. You don't know."

And I'm flapped. I'm busy, the bar's busy, and he keeps calling me back over to say that same crap. "These people can't have kids."

And I'm saying things like "Well, that's one theory, but this is America, where anyone can do any fool thing they want." I'm getting glib, because I do want babies, and this guy thinks he's gonna tell me something.

"You can't. You don't know. Just... Just Stay Away From Babies!!!"

And I said the kind of stuff I haven't said since high school, like just totally dismissive, over-the-wall stuff like "Oh I worship the devil, I already stay away from babies." I wouldn't have even noticed it, but this guy was getting me really upset.

And there's a customer who is always really sharp and helpful and considerate and great, Al, and he goes "Hey, can you stop serving this guy? He's really bugging me."

Now I know that weirdo didn't say word one to Al. He didn't say a word to anyone else. He was there to chat up the bus-driver.

You know that guy? Who sits in the front seat of the bus so he can tell his sad life story to the poor beleaguered bus driver? Like "Hi stranger, let's be friends, and I'm gonna tell you about all my early childhood foster care experiences today, even though I don't know your first name." That guy? Yeah, he comes to my bar, too, and I'm the driver.

Al did that for me. He noticed the guy was bothering only me and nobody else. And he knew I could only kick the guy out if he was bothering a customer. Oh, Al. Sometimes I love my gay boys so much, my heart might burst.

s0litude · 04-25-2013, 03:56 AM

Breathing. Just breathing. <big contented grin>

midwest chick · 04-25-2013, 07:28 AM

Waking hym up with kisses and coffee...instead of hym waking me first.

The cats (I swear they hallucinate) playing with different panes of glass.

Poodleboy's expressive face, and his attempts to hide when I get out the antibiotic ointment for his ear.

The sound of the tree frogs, because I know we'll have babies all over the deck soon.

DJ Bear · 04-25-2013, 07:34 AM

Waking up to the thought that there are only 5 more days until I can kiss her, touch her, hold her.

Diablo · 04-25-2013, 07:56 AM

Cleaning my phone with alcohol pads. Nothing says happiness like a germ free phone

PaPa · 04-25-2013, 08:08 AM

Was a funny message left by a friend. It just tickled me and still makes me smile when I think about it. Jeeze. Sometimes it doesn't take much to amuse me. *Lol and smh

WingsOnFire · 04-25-2013, 08:20 AM

Peppa "rooting" in the grass.. I swear that beagle has a snout! lol.. she makes me smile every day...

StrongButch · 04-25-2013, 08:26 AM

After several hours chasing robins around got the perfect picture!

MsTinkerbelly · 04-25-2013, 10:09 AM

The Sun is shinning and the birds are singing...all is right in my world!

04-24-2013, 07:33 PM	#14081
JustLovelyJenn Senior Member How Do You Identify?: Femme Preferred Pronoun?: She/her Relationship Status: That's Need to Know Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Aberdeen, WA Posts: 4,478 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 12,464 Thanked 13,994 Times in 3,685 Posts Rep Power: 21474856	Going on a field trip with my ten year old daughter to a wild life refuge... its a shorebird sanctuary... and it was a wonderful experience. __________________ --Jenn

04-24-2013, 09:27 PM	#14086
lilapache Member How Do You Identify?: DONE Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: forever away Posts: 1,374 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 5,015 Thanked 3,880 Times in 1,025 Posts Rep Power: 21474853	2 amazing friends that im starting to get to know well... ones crazy as hell the other is an instigator... laughs but its the best thing to finally be meeting people around here... since this is about the first time in 3 years since being here... __________________ Don't get mad when a girl cares too much. Worry when they start to not give a fuck.

04-24-2013, 10:48 PM	#14090
FemmeItalian Member How Do You Identify?: Femme, Classical Femme Preferred Pronoun?: baby, sweetie, love, she, her Relationship Status: il mio cuore è stato conquistato da qualcuno ....... io veramente adoro Join Date: Feb 2013 Location: Arizona Posts: 348 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 1,078 Thanked 2,044 Times in 338 Posts Rep Power: 16217060	Being asked a couple weeks ago to oversee a corrective action to completion at work..the previous recommendations have been rejected many times over the past year. Gathered my team together...put together a plan and put new processes in place...presented it today and it was accepted and closed. __________________ For it was not into my ear you whispered, but into my heart. It was not my lips you kissed, but my soul. -Judy Garland

04-24-2013, 11:19 PM	#14091
Cailin Member How Do You Identify?: Female.. and it's pronounced "cah-leen", not cay-lin Preferred Pronoun?: You Relationship Status: In one Join Date: Feb 2012 Location: Texas Posts: 872 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 979 Thanked 2,630 Times in 739 Posts Rep Power: 15791749	Finding out that no matter how old someone is, their maturity level can be non existant. Karma is truly an amazing thing. So I shall sit back, relax, and watch it unfold cheers! __________________ De reir a cheile a thogtar na caisleain

04-25-2013, 03:52 AM	#14092
Anomaly Junior Member How Do You Identify?: Femme Preferred Pronoun?: She / Her Relationship Status: Single Join Date: Mar 2013 Location: Minnesota Posts: 17 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 37 Thanked 69 Times in 15 Posts Rep Power: 1638514	A Customer Who Helped Me I'll never ask a customer to leave just for bugging me. Short of assault, I mean. I'll stick a finger in someone's face and say "Don't touch me," or I'll be less friendly to someone who is hard to be around, but my own comfort isn't a priority at work. It's not always wine and roses. I've gotten threats and insults, had shot glasses thrown at me and body parts waved at me, and I generally take it all in stride because... Well, because it's show business. The only time it really irks me is when I get unsolicited advice... And really only specific advice, like when a fat guy tells me I should lose weight or an unemployed person tells me to get my life together. I guess because I can't say anything back. It's frustrating. And there was this guy who was driving me nuts. He needs a lot of attention, and he just wants to complain about things. "Oh, the karaoke, I can't stand music, only listen to talk radio myself, and, what the hell, does that guy really have his dog in here? I hate animals, would just as soon kick a dog as look at one. Oh, you're an animal lover? When you grow up, you'll hate animals, too. These idiots, they wanna have a baby on their second date, and you just don't know. You don't know what it IS to have kids. YOU DON'T KNOW! You don't have kids? Then you don't know. You never know. You can't do it alone. If you have kids, you can't fight with that person, and you can't break up. Never have kids on your own. Never have kids. You can't. You can't have kids. You don't know." And I'm flapped. I'm busy, the bar's busy, and he keeps calling me back over to say that same crap. "These people can't have kids." And I'm saying things like "Well, that's one theory, but this is America, where anyone can do any fool thing they want." I'm getting glib, because I do want babies, and this guy thinks he's gonna tell me something. "You can't. You don't know. Just... Just Stay Away From Babies!!!" And I said the kind of stuff I haven't said since high school, like just totally dismissive, over-the-wall stuff like "Oh I worship the devil, I already stay away from babies." I wouldn't have even noticed it, but this guy was getting me really upset. And there's a customer who is always really sharp and helpful and considerate and great, Al, and he goes "Hey, can you stop serving this guy? He's really bugging me." Now I know that weirdo didn't say word one to Al. He didn't say a word to anyone else. He was there to chat up the bus-driver. You know that guy? Who sits in the front seat of the bus so he can tell his sad life story to the poor beleaguered bus driver? Like "Hi stranger, let's be friends, and I'm gonna tell you about all my early childhood foster care experiences today, even though I don't know your first name." That guy? Yeah, he comes to my bar, too, and I'm the driver. Al did that for me. He noticed the guy was bothering only me and nobody else. And he knew I could only kick the guy out if he was bothering a customer. Oh, Al. Sometimes I love my gay boys so much, my heart might burst.

04-24-2013, 08:10 PM	#14083
bright_arrow ☆ the stars are aligned ☆ How Do You Identify?: one queer mama Preferred Pronoun?: she/her Relationship Status: married to my Boo Daddy <3 Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: nor cal Posts: 2,910 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 3,644 Thanked 9,365 Times in 2,297 Posts Rep Power: 21474854	I am way too easily amused!

04-24-2013, 08:57 PM	#14084
WingsOnFire Senior Member How Do You Identify?: Queer..femme.. .babygirl...girl Preferred Pronoun?: Female Ones... Relationship Status: Enjoying life but ready to meet someone Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Portland Oregon Posts: 3,945 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 12,015 Thanked 12,476 Times in 3,357 Posts Rep Power: 21474855	Peppa finally passed out and no longer whining because she finally... 'd .... Damn dog and her "oh look, a shiny" shortest attention span in the world...

04-24-2013, 09:26 PM	#14085
Rockinonahigh Senior Member How Do You Identify?: stone butch Preferred Pronoun?: makes no diffrence,I know who I am. Relationship Status: single,maybe looking if the right person comes along. Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: shreveport,Louisiana Posts: 4,907 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 4,682 Thanked 14,936 Times in 3,938 Posts Rep Power: 21474856	The phone call I got from a cettain somone,yep the day was a whole lot better...gonna get better too i'll bet.

04-24-2013, 09:42 PM	#14087
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04-24-2013, 10:15 PM	#14088
maryam Member How Do You Identify?: femme-ish Preferred Pronoun?: she Relationship Status: taken Join Date: Jan 2013 Location: somewhere, out there.... Posts: 263 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 675 Thanked 794 Times in 231 Posts Rep Power: 4979164	Today I put my mom on a plane back home after she vacationed here for 10 days.... Tonight, both Spousal Unit and Mom stated they had a good time.... I am so damn relieved!

04-24-2013, 10:32 PM	#14089
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04-25-2013, 03:56 AM	#14093
s0litude Member How Do You Identify?: Transman - HRT / No Surgery Preferred Pronoun?: Male Relationship Status: Single, but enjoying the journey.... Join Date: Mar 2013 Location: North Carolina (NE) Posts: 366 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 525 Thanked 1,210 Times in 310 Posts Rep Power: 21474849	Breathing. Just breathing. <big contented grin> __________________ "There never was any heart truly great and generous, that was not also tender and compassionate." Robert Frost

04-25-2013, 07:28 AM	#14094
midwest chick Member How Do You Identify?: femme Relationship Status: married Join Date: Nov 2011 Location: here. Posts: 398 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 5,201 Thanked 1,678 Times in 338 Posts Rep Power: 21474850	Waking hym up with kisses and coffee...instead of hym waking me first. The cats (I swear they hallucinate) playing with different panes of glass. Poodleboy's expressive face, and his attempts to hide when I get out the antibiotic ointment for his ear. The sound of the tree frogs, because I know we'll have babies all over the deck soon.

04-25-2013, 07:34 AM	#14095
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04-25-2013, 07:56 AM	#14096
Diablo Timed Out - Identity Issues How Do You Identify?: HUMAN Join Date: Jan 2013 Location: Earth Posts: 843 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 1,128 Thanked 1,618 Times in 623 Posts Rep Power: 0	Cleaning my phone with alcohol pads. Nothing says happiness like a germ free phone

04-25-2013, 08:08 AM	#14097
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04-25-2013, 08:20 AM	#14098
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04-25-2013, 08:26 AM	#14099
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04-25-2013, 10:09 AM	#14100
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